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Tamale becoming a prostitution hub – Mayor bemoans

The Mayor of the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly, Sule Salifu, has expressed worry over the increasing rate of prostitution in the area.According to him,...

Car set ablaze on University of Ghana campus

A vehicle at the Mensah Sarbah Hall car park was set ablaze as a result of a clash between Vandals and Vikings last night.Residents...

Akufo-Addo makes changes in National Security apparatus

President Akufo-Addo has made some changes in the National Security apparatus, and appointed Edward Asomani, Deputy National Security Coordinator, to act as National Security Coordinator, with...

Two police officers interdicted over death of suspect

The Ghana Police Service has interdicted two officers over the death of a suspect who was under detention at the Abrafo-Kokoben Police Station in...

Africa will soon become a destination for job seekers in Europe, America – Otabil

General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Mensa Otabil has said the African continent will see a turnaround and become a destination...

11 fire officers dismissed

11 fire officers have been dismissed from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) for various acts of indiscipline.The affected persons include two senior officers...

Over 100 smuggled meters intercepted in Kumasi [Photos]

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority has impounded a bus-load of electricity prepaid meters allegedly smuggled into the country.The 28-seater Kia Grand...

Akufo-Addo commissions €37.6m water supply project in Upper East Region

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday, 5th August 2022, commissioned the €37.6 million Upper East Region Water Supply Project, as part of...

Two robbers sentenced to 20 and 10 years in hard labour

The Police administration has announced that two robbers who were arrested at Abesewa, a suburb of Dunkwa-On-Offin in the Central Region have been handed...

Akufo-Addo commissions €37.6 m Upper East Region water supply project

President Akufo-Addo has commissioned the €37.6 million Upper East Region Water Supply Project, as part of his tour of the region.The commissioning took place...

Bishop Salifu Amoako blasts USA church members for paying ‘little’ seed offertory

The General Overseer of Alive Chapel International, Bishop Salifu Amoako, couldn’t believe his eyes when some church members gave out $1 dollar notes as a point...

Mahama to attend Dr Agyepong’s father’s funeral following official invitation

Former President John Dramani Mahama has accepted an official invitation from the bereaved family of the Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies,...

Psychologist’s revelation about man who used ice packs to preserve wife’s body will shock you [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · PYCHOLOGIST ON MAN WHO KILLED WIFEA psychologist, Eric Owusu Kumi, has made a revelation about the man who kept his wife’s dead...

2 dead as articulator truck rams into motorbike

Two persons have been confirmed dead after an articulator truck rammed into a motorbike at Fomena in the Ashanti Region.The two men were traveling...

Students loan defaulters to face prosecution

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) will from September this year begin the prosecution of persons who have defaulted in the repayment of their...

Six students remanded over another rape case at KNUST

Six students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) ] were on Wednesday remanded.The suspects were accused of raping a first-year...

20 fishermen jailed for trafficking marijuana from Ghana

A Federal High Court in Lagos State on Thursday sentenced 20 Ghanaian fishermen to one-year imprisonment each for transporting 13.670 kilogrammes of marijuana, aka...

EOCO recovers GHC3.5m for BOST

The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) has recovered about GH₵ 3.5M with support from the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).The...

EduWatch calls for interdiction of Duadaso SHS headteacher over exam malpractices

An Education Think Tank, Africa Education Watch, is calling on the Ghana Education Service to immediately interdict the headmaster of the Duadaso Senior High...

Free SHS non-negotiable even with IMF – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says his government will resist any attempt by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to review the Free Senior High School programme and...

Fuel tanker drivers call off week-long strike

Fuel tanker drivers have called off their industrial action across the country.The group including other allied associations decided to go back to work after...

Our parents said food was a curse – Son of couple found dead reveals

One of the children of a couple found dead in their home at Abuakwa Maakro in the Ashanti Region has opened up about their...

Female students should take charge of their security on campus – KNUST management

The Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has asked female students to take charge of their security following a...

100,000 people targeted for 2022 Girls-in-ICT training in cyber security and data privacy

The Deputy Communications and Digitalisation Minister, Ama Pomaa Boateng has opened the training of 2022 Girls in ICT for SHS on Cyber Security and...

Don’t use only Ghana card for continuous voter registration – Afar-Gyan tells EC

The Electoral Commission's (EC) decision to use the Ghana Card as the only source of document for continuous voter registration can disenfranchise millions of...

Ghanaian chemist makes headway in HIV cure

Breakthrough research in drug composition for more effective treatment of HIV has been made.The research, which was done within six years, found new...

Rev Steve Wengam elected new general superintendent of Assemblies of God

Rev Dr Stephen Yenusom Wengam, Lead Pastor of Cedar Mountain Chapel – a branch of Assemblies of God Church in Accra has been elected...

Police arrest driver in connection with fatal accident on Elmina–Komenda road

The Central Regional Police Command has arrested Paul Kwah, the driver of an articulated truck which was involved in a fatal motor accident on...

We will provide the best of psycho-social support – GPA to children of couple found dead in their home

The Ghana Psychological Association (GPA) will offer free psycho-social services to children of a couple who died under bizarre circumstances at Atwima Maakro near Abuakwa in the Ashanti...

Founders’ Day: Nkrumah never owned a house – Senior Citizen

A Senior Citizen, Ezekiel Kwesi Akyin Biney, says that Kwame Nkrumah never owned a house even when he was the President of Ghana.Mr Biney,...

45% of SHS students brush their teeth for only 30 seconds – KNUST research

Dentists recommend two minutes as the average duration for brushing the teeth.However, findings from a research by the Kwame Nkrumah University School of Medicine...

Many feared dead in ghastly accident at Eduagyei

About 14 passengers on-board a bus travelling from Kumasi to Takoradi in the Western Region are feared dead after a head-on collision at Eduagyei...

Ban on construction of LPG outlets lifted – NPA

Cabinet has lifted the ban on construction of LPG outlets throughout the country.This is contained in a letter addressed to the Chairman of the...

Green Street Project launched

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has inaugurated a committee to oversee to the planning and implementation of the Green...

My husband stopped being intimate with me for 9 years; now he wants it – Emotionally troubled woman seeks advice

An ardent viewer of Joy Prime, Maame Adjoa has shared that her husband who ceased having sex with her for close to a decade is...

Police foil robbery attack on gold buying shop at Konongo

The Police have foiled a robbery attack on a gold buying shop at Konongo in the Ashanti region.The Police said they received a distress...

Herdsmen transporting cattle involved in accident

Over 30 herdsmen transporting cattle in a truck from Akateng in Upper Manya Krobo to Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region have been involved...

Six dead in accident at Abuakwa

Six persons have been confirmed dead in a Wednesday morning accident, which occurred at Abuakwa in the Ashanti Region.The accident, which involved a Ford...

Police arrest four suspects involved in robbery attack on gold-dealership firm

The Ghana Police Service has announced the arrest of four suspects involved in a robbery attack that led to the death of two people...

Portions of Flowerpot-Spintex road to be blocked

The Ministry of Roads and Highways, through the Urban Roads Department, says there will be a change in movement from the Flowerpot roundabout on...